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| What taxonomic category are amnyotes? |
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| What are amnyotes a part of? |
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| What classes are contained within Amnyotes? |
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| What are examples of reptilia? |
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| Snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodiles and birds. |
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| Are reptilia aquatic or terrestrial? |
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| To what superclass do amnyotes belong? |
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| How does reptilia respire? |
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| How may reptilia be characterized by their embryonic development? |
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| Protective, fluid filled sac for embryo |
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| Amnyotes have what distinguishing characteristic? |
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| Reptilia can be oviparous. What kind of egg does reptilia lay? |
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| Protective, fluid-filled sac for embryo |
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| What is the function of an amnion? |
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| To protect from dessication |
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| Reptiles, birds and mammals |
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| What animals are amniotes? |
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| Reptiles, birds and mammals |
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| The amniotic egg contains what parts? |
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| Amnion, Allantois, Chorion, Yolk sac |
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| Holds fluid around embryo to protect from jarring. |
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| What does the allantois do? |
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| Waste disposal and gas exchange |
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| What does the chorion do? |
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| What does the yolk sac do? |
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| Contains stored nutrients |
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| True or false: only the yolk sac contains nutrients in the amniotic egg. |
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| False: they are also in the albumen |
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| What is the skin like in class reptilia? |
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| What is within the scales of reptilia |
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| What is the consequence of the tough scales of reptilia |
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| They do not respire through their skin. |
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| What kind of fertilization does reptilia have? |
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| What kind of embryonic development does reptilia have? |
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| True or false: reptilia retain their eggs inside them. |
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| False: reptilia lays their eggs |
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| What are the two ways that an organism may be classified by how they obtain heat? |
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| Ectothermic and endothermic |
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| Absorb heat from the environment |
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| Absorb heat through metabolism |
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| Absorb heat from environment |
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| Absorb heat through metabolism |
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| How do birds obtain heat? |
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| How do non-birds obtain heat? |
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| What taxonomic category are birds contains within? |
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| What are examples of birds? |
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| Owls, sparrows, penguins and eagles. |
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| In birds, the ________________ are modified to __________. |
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| What is a bird-like dinosaur |
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| Flight adaptations of birds |
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-Honeycombed bone structure
-Airfoil shaped wings
-No TEETH
Feathers |
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| What does the honeycombed bone structure do? |
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| Makes their bones strong and light. |
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| What does the airfoil shaped wings do? |
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| It makes birds aerodynamic fit for flight. |
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| What is the composition of feathers? |
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| Keratin protein with hollow shafts. |
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| What does the lack of teeth do? |
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| Makes the bird weigh less. |
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| Birds have ________ eyesight and __________ brains. |
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| Good eyesight, large brains. |
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| Are birds endothermic or ectothermic? |
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| What kind of embryonic development do birds have? |
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| Oviparous with shelled amniotic eggs. |
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